Water-closet.



PATBNTED JAN. 30, 1906.

P. SGHUH. WATER CLOSET. APPLICATION FILED APR. 10, 1906.

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FRANK SGHUH, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

WATER-CLOSET.

No. s1 1 ,444.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 30, 1 906.

Application filed April 10,1905. Serial No. 264,690.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK SonUn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Albany, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Water-Closet, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. This invention relates to improvements in water-closets, theiobject being to provide a closet that will be automatic and complete in flushing, thus fulfilling all sanitary conditions.

I will describe a'water-closet embodyiin my'invention and then point out the nove' features in the appended claims.

-Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specifica-- tion, inwhich similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures. i

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a water-closet embody g my invention, and Fig. 2 is a rear elevation thereof.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates an is a hopper 2 and siphon 3. The inner side of ,the casing 1 is spaced from the outer side of the hopper and siphon to form a chamber 4 for receiving water, as will be hereinafter described, and extended around the upper porper is a downwardly and out- Extended upward ancLat the rear side of the device is a watertion of the ho supply pipe 6, the upper end of which is extended. inward, as indicated at 7, and communicates with the flange 5. 'A pressurepipe 8 communicates with the lower portion of the pipe 6, and above this pressure-pipe a branch 9 leads into the lower portion of the chamber 4. While I have described the pipe 15 as communicating at the lower end with the pressure-pipe 8, it will be noted in the drawings that the branch 'pipe 9 has a coupling member 10, with which the lower end of the pipe 6 engages, and with the lower portion of this coupling an upward. extension 11 of the pipe 8 engages. This upward extension 11 has a valve-scat 12, and the end of the pipe 0 within the coupling 10 has a valveseat 13, and designed to engage with these valve-seats is a ball-valve 14, the stem 15 of which extends upwardv through the pi e 6 and also through a stu'l'ling-box 16; rom the hinge-seat 17 a lever 18 projects rearward and has a perforation through which the stem 15 passes to a connection with a cupelike structure 19, engaging with the top of said. lever, and arranged between this cup 19 and the upper wall of a casing 20 is a spring 21. As the tube .6 and the extension 11 have screw-thread engagement with the coupling 10, the two valve-seats may be adj usted to any desired movement of the valve.

In the operation when the seat 17 is moved downward the Valve 14 will engage in the seat 13 and the water from the pipe 8 will pass throughthe branch 9 into the chamber 4, compressing air against the upper wall of said chamber. When the seat is raised or relieved of pressure, a spring 21 will force the lever 18 downward, consequently elevating the seat, and seat the valve 14 on the valve seat 12, cutting off the inflow of water, and

then the compressed air in the chamber 4 will force the water out of said chamber upward through the pipe 6 onto the flange 5 and thence into the hopper.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A Water-closet comprising anouter casing, a hopper arranged therein and spaced therefrom to form a water-receiving chamber, a water-supply pipe having communication with the lower portion of the chamber and having a valve-seat, a pipe leading from said supply-pipe to the upper portion of the ho per and having a valve-seat, said two vaiire-seats being adjustable toward and from each other, a valve for controlling the inlet of Water and also for controlling the passing of water through the pipe leading to the upper portion of the hopper, and a spring for causmg a movement of said valve in one direction.

2. A water-closet comprising an outer casing, a. hopper arranged therein, a water-rcceiving chamber between the hopper and casing, a swinging seat, a lever-extended rearward from the said scat, an inlet-pipe communicating with the lower end of said chamber, a pipe leading upward from the inletpipe and communicating with the upper portion of the hopper, a valve for controlling the inlet of water from the first-named pipe and also for controlling the passing of water through the'last-named pipe, adjustable seats for the valve, a stem extended upward from the same through said last-named-pipe, and also through the lever attached to the seat, and a spring for moving the valve downward.

3. A water-closet comprising an outer cas- IIO ing from said inlet-pipe to the lower por- 1 -tion of said chamber, a

ipe leading upward from said branch and liaving a valve-seat within the branch, the said valve-seats being adjustable in the branch, the said last-named pipe communicating with the upper portion of the hopper, a valve for engaging with the valve-seat, a swinging seat, a lever extended rearward from the seat, a stem for the valve,

extending through said lever, a boxing, and a 15 spring arranged between said boxing and said lever.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK SCHUH.

Witnesses:

JOHN VVIEOHMANN, .HENRY C. FREY. 

